1906

Invention of sliding table saw

1934

Revised design of sliding table

1956

World's first aluminium sliding table

1968

Scoring saw unit

1970

Composite steel-reinforced concrete machine stand

1974

Safety hood with integrated extraction system

1975

Tilting saw unit

1979

Hydraulic axis adjustment system

1985

Double-sided mitre fence

1989

Motorised rip fence adjustment system

1993

Introduction of new generation of sliding table saws

CNC-controlled systems: POSIT series launched

1995

Introduction of F 45 POSIT/c.a.t.s: Computer Aided Table Saw – the world's first sliding table saw with a PC interface and four CNC-controlled axes.

RAPIDO scoring system: permits rapid adjustment of the scoring unit without spacer discs

VARIO drive: infinitely variable saw unit drive system

1998

TIP-SERVO-DRIVE: the first and only operator-controlled, infinitely variable servo-assisted sliding table drive system

1999

Introduction of the three Altendorf F 45, F 45 ELMO, F 45 POSIT/c.a.t.s series

POSIT/c.a.t.s table partitioning range

2000

User-controlled machine controls

2003

WA 80

2004

WA 8

2005

WA 6

2006

New generation of F 45 and F 45 ELMO

 

2008

Parallelogram cross slide     

Vacuum clamping system on the sliding table